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| Chavez vows to side with Castro against the US |
| 2005-07-09 |
| Any "imperialist" attack against either Cuba or Venezuela would be resisted by both nations as one, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday in an apparent reference to the United States. Chavez routinely condemns the United States as a hostile "imperialist" power he says is bent on invading Venezuela to seize its oil wealth and topple or kill him, a charge U.S. officials reject as ridiculous. "The Cuban and Venezuelan peoples and revolutions are one and the same," the left-wing leader said during a ceremony at which he awarded decorations to more than 90 Cuban teachers who had worked in a Venezuelan literacy program. "The world should know, in case there's anyone out there who hasn't realized it yet ... that any imperialist attack against one of us will be an attack against both," he said. The United States remains the single biggest oil client of Venezuela, receiving around 15 percent of its oil imports from the world's No. 5 oil exporter. But President Bush's administration often criticizes Chavez's close alliance with Cuban President Fidel Castro, who also regularly warns his people to be alert for the threat of attack by the United States. Washington maintains trade sanctions against Communist-ruled Cuba. U.S. officials have accused Chavez and Castro of joining forces to stir up anti-U.S. revolution in Latin America. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #9 "The world should know, in case there's anyone out there who hasn't realized it yet ... that any imperialist attack against one of us will be an attack against both," And um, I'm quaking in my boots on that one... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-07-09 17:41 |
| #8 Cuba could likely lob a couple 40 or so SCUDS into S Florida.... that'd be about it, unless they undertook a suicide flight or too, unlikely. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-09 14:17 |
| #7 Great, a two'fer |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-07-09 12:51 |
| #6 Question, assume for a moment that the US decided to go to war with one of the two nations in question. Is it reasonable to assume that the remaining nation could mount any kind of attack? Even transfering troops and material through air sea or land would be impossible with the Yankees dominant Navy. The only possible course would be to cut off oil supplies which would massacre the Venezuelan economy and put a large number of anti Chavez folks out of work where he would have to keep an eye on them. More hot air and blame the Yankees nonsense as Chavez ruins his nation's economy. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-07-09 12:13 |
| #5 Me cago en este hijo de puta, 'el Presidente' Chavez. Se necessita andar con los desaparecidos, con prisa. |
| Posted by: anon 2005-07-09 11:54 |
| #4 we need to reconstitute a wetworks section that speaks spanish ...soon |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-09 11:47 |
| #3 Can it, Hugo, or we'll aim the next hurricane at you. Climate change: it's not just for Euroweenies anymore. Bwahahahahahahah!!! |
| Posted by: Neutron Tom 2005-07-09 11:04 |
| #2 In other news . . . scientists discover that water is a liquid . . . Pope Benedict XVI professes fealty to the Catholic Church . . . sheep observed grazing in meadows . . . |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-07-09 07:13 |
| #1 Both of Chavez's parents must have had dominant asshat genes. "The world should know, in case there's anyone out there who hasn't realized it yet ... that any imperialist attack against one of us will be an attack against both," he said. He's not even original...It's a cheap fortified buzz, an asshat with true grandeur status. |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-07-09 03:07 |